The Tai-Ex opened up 64-points this morning from Friday's close, at 16,572 on

turnover of 3.9-billion N-T.

The market moved higher on Friday, extending gains from a session earlier as

investors took cues (提示) from a rally on Wall Street overnight driven by

expectations that the U-S Federal Reserve's rate hike cycle has concluded.

Deputy Economics Minister C.C Chen has been attending the 26th UK-Taiwan

Trade Talks in London.

According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the talks are focusing on

enhancing economic resilience (彈性) and supply chain collaboration between

the two countries.

The meeting is being being jointly hosted by Chen and the U-K Minister of

State for International Trade Nigel Huddleston and is also covering

cooperation in the field of of energy, semiconductor, scientific research,

net-zero policies and offshore wind power.

The deputy economics minister is also meeting with Taiwanese business people

and local industry representatives while in London to exchange views and

promote investing in Taiwan.

Taiwan People's Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je is calling on his

supporters to remain "patient," as talks on an electoral pact with the K-M-T

appear to have stalled.

According to Ko, party officials are continuing to seek consenus on a method

to decides on process to select a joint presidential candidate.

The statement comes after K-M-T Chairman Eric Chu is insisting (堅持) that

cross party negotiations will continue.

Ko is backing a public poll to decide the presidential ticket - saying such a

poll would not give equal weighting to a cross-party vote among legislative

candidates, as has been proposed by the K-M-T.

But the K-M-T chairman has said Ko's proposed polling method would have "no

statistical meaning at all."

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent the weekend crisscrossing

(縱橫交錯) throughout the Middle East, engaging in shuttle diplomacy over the

Israel-Hamas war.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports.

The Russian military has reported a successful test launch of an

intercontinental ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads from a

new nuclear submarine.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday that the strategic

missile cruiser fired the Bulava missile from an underwater position in

Russia’s northern White Sea, and hit a target in the far-eastern region of

Kamchatka.

The report comes as tensions are soaring between Russia and the West over the

fighting in Ukraine.

Adding to those tensions, President Vladimir Putin last week signed a bill

revoking (撤銷) Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban in a move

that Moscow said was needed to establish parity with the United States.

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